The Portland daily press., 1887-10-25

s. s. Bean, Adam Z. Leighton,
James f. Hawkes., +. E. Boothby,
John W. Dyer, William M. Marks
John Burnham, DR.. Holt,
Col Frank Dudley, Charles Allen,
Charles A Strout, Bryce NJ. Edwards,
W. H. Looney CIV. I. Cooling,
Geo. Young w. ID Little
F, Pratt, Topeka, Kan, A. p Fuller,
Herbert Sargent, Edwin Clement,
Charles Lewis. W. III. Milliken,
Seth c. Larrabee, Clarence Hale,
Harry Virgin Nathan Ridlon,
w. L. Stevens, Oren Ring,
l.. A. Cloudy, ]. l.. Came
Wilbur f. Dunt, Edward Hasty,
DIR. William Osgood, Yarmouth.
In few words, the chairman introduced
the first speaker of the evening,
REPRESENTATIVE BoUTELLE.
The speaker spoke of his pleasure at meet
ing representative Portland gathering. and
spoke of the treasured associations of his
life that cluster around this county of Cum
berland. He spoke in most complimentary
terms of Col Dow, and of his work upon
the State committee. We have had ups and
downs in the State of Maine as elsewhere
but the record of the Republican party here
as in the country has been without spot or
blemish. We remember that we originated
the Republican party in this State, and when
we consider that no political organization
mol any organization of any kind, has aided
so materially in the progress of the world,
this is no small thing to boast
How remarkable a fact that the State of
Maine, considering its remoteness, its COM
parative size, its lack of great wealth, has
been so influential in moulding the history
of this republic! 1t seems hardly credible
until we look over its history and see how
many honorable names of its men figure in
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no State in the Union in the achievements of
| its sons.
The speaker then traced the records of
leadership in the government for the past
| quarter of century, showing the preem-
nence OF the sons Of Maine, in both branches
| paying graceful tributes to Mr. Reed and to
Senator Frye. ut may be-" said he. shat
there is an ADLER man in the Senate than
| William Z. Frye of Maine, but if there is
his modesty has kept him in the back
| ground"
:, During its twenty-five years of power the
| Republican party grappled with and dis
| posed of all the great questions. The Dem
! ocracy came into power when the Republic
can party was like Alexander unable to find
more worlds to conquer, The Republican
| party had accomplished its mission, they
said. When the Republican party had ac-
complished its mission it had wiped out the
| blot OF slavery, it had raised, put into the
field, led to victory and disbanded an army
| OF more than MILAN of soldiers. When
the Republican party had accomplished its
| mission 1t had planted the flag unchallenged
| upon every foot of the national domain.
| When it had completed its mission it had
elevated the United States, which had been
| unable to borrow money of its own citizens,
| to the position when it could meet proud
England on equal terms and compel her to
| pay millions into our treasury. 1t is not
strange that after all these things had been
done the Democratic party found it smooth
1 sailing a xyh N or xxyhn fool In
| government it had only to sit down, and not
| get in the way of the Republican machinery.
The speaker spoke of the great professions
OF the Democracy before their accessions to
| power as regards the surplus, and called at
tention to the fact that they had done moth
! ing during this last three years.
In conclusion, he who believes that the
political organization which guided this
country OF ours in its darkest days of peril
and adversely has gone out of power for
ever, is pessimist with whom it Is impossi-
BILE to have sympathy. We have confidence
in the future. We believe that in the Amer
lean people in communities where patriotism
is free TO express itself in spite of the OBJ
| structions to free ballot, and in spite of
| kindred evils, in those old loyal States-in
those States that always did love the Union,
there is regard enough for the future of the
Union to lift up the glorious banner again
and carry it on in the pursuit of those prin-
| ciples which it has followed so steadfastly in
the past; and upon that banner in the year
1883, shall be inscribed the name of the Man
from Maine.
After Mr.. Boutelle's speech, which was
enthusiastically received, Col. Dow intro
duced
SENATOR FRYE,
who was prepared to say amen to all that
his friend had said about Maine, and even
to what had been said about himself. He
called attention to the fact that Mr.. Boutelle
has omitted to state that the bravest man in
Congress, the man with the irmest convic-
tons on all subjects, and the man most
earnest in living up to his convictions was
| Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor.
He spoke of the great good which such or
CARNATIONS as the Portland Club was doing
and could do throughout the country, and
then turn his attention to discussion of
| political topics, in speech in his inimitable
views, rich in thought, and eloquently ut
| tered,
He spoke ofsthe questionsIwhich confronted
the Republican party during the quarter of
| century it was in power, among them war;
slavery and reconstruction, all of which
questions the Republican party solved, and
none dispute but that they solved them we'll
| Through five years of these twenty-five we
were in death, in peril, and in sorrow, yet
during these years we have seen the country
grow to its present magnificent proportions.
In those twenty five years we advanced
more in pure civilization than from the be-
ginning of the nation down to that time
The Republican party has recognized that
the people of the nation must be an ntelli
gent people, and even in the most stirring
times of peril this party has found time to
appropriate lands ana money to the building
up of intelligence; witness our agricultural
colleges, our bureaus of education. our
Freedman's Bureau. Search the history of
the world and you will find no parallel
In words which those who heard him will
| long remember, Mr. Frye then spoke of the
first thing the Democratic party accomplished
when they came into pOwer-the ruiz of
John Roach, in all cruelty and injustice. He
then spoke at length of the fisheries, and the
relations of the present Secretary of State to
that question. While ridiculing the action of
the Secretary Of State in raising his commits
sion, he paid a high tribute to Mr.. Putnam's
character and ability. He also treated at
length the action Of Secretary Fairchild in
bonding the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany-in the control of the subsidized Cana
dian Pacifc-thus giving to Great Britain a
business worth millions, we being by so much
the losers.
Then, turning his attention to President
Cleveland, he asked what he had done. On
being told by some one in the company that
the President went fishing on Memorial Day,
the Senator was of the opinion that he ished
with worms and wasn't much Of fisherman,
anyway. He had done nothing. But yes.
he has vetoed pension bills. Then, after Civ.
ing several touching instances of the injus-
tice of the Presidents vetoes, the speaker
declared that it was his opinion that when
the President writes for about ten minutes, a
veto of pension to some poor widow, he is
acting up to the full capacity of his gigantic
intellect.
The battle flag incident was then lightly
touched upon, and after a few fitly chosen
words the speaker concluded. The remain
der of the evening was spent pleasantly In
social conversation.